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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by dahfizz on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @02:34PM (#23835869)
That's a bit misleading. Musk was a part of Tesla from day 1 and provided most of the funding. He served as Chairman since 2004.

When he took over in 2008, Tesla had just started producing the first roadster, which was really just a conversion kit for a lotus. After musk became CEO, Tesla became the world's most valuable car company...

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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by ianmobbs on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:16PM (#23836426)
There is a difference between "funding a Roadster" and "designing and fully understanding the physics and mechanics of the Roadster".
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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by dahfizz on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:25PM (#23836537)
> designing and fully understanding the physics and mechanics of the Roadster.

I've never seen anyone claim Musk did that. What are you on about?

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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by catalogia on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @04:33PM (#23837463)
From the context of your comment, it seemed as though you meant to support the notion that Elon Musk was working as a scientist, not a businessman.
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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by dahfizz on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:04PM (#23840409)
That's fair. I should have quoted the first two sentences of my parent explicitly:

> Most of the achievements people ascribe to him aren't even his. Musk bought the company then gave himself the title of 'founder

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